Birth of a Guitar #1: Birth of a Guitar Pt. 1

This is a Wood Whisperer first: a series featuring an aspiring luthier, Rick Urschel. Rick takes us through the process of building a classic guitar from a kit available at LMII.com. This is Rick’s first attempt at a guitar, and as such, I am not presenting this as a “how-to”. Instead, this is just one man’s experience as he works his butt off making a beautiful guitar for his wife. I think you are really going to enjoy it. A special thanks to Rick for allowing me to “Whisperize” his content!

Mark (Wood Whisperer and Guitar Hero)I have always toyed with the idea of building a guitar for my son who is an accomplished guitar player but always thought it was out of my league. This blog shows it is a complicated but doable project. I look forward to the next episode. (i always thought youlooked a little like Frank Zappa but after the guitar solo I think it’s more like Leon Redbone)

-- Common sense is so rare anymore when you do see it, it looks like pure genius.

First: this is a terrific video. Very Very interesting.Second: I know this is a kit but it pretty much looks like he is building from scratch to me.andD: Why is the music for a guitar build got so much horns in it?